Opinion: Why I’m handing in my Pentagon press pass

For the first time in decades, NPR reporters — and many of their peers across the media — are being shut out of the Pentagon. The Defense Department is demanding that journalists sign a new document restricting how they gather even unclassified information, a move NPR says would muzzle watchdog reporting and turn the press into mouthpieces. Veteran Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman reflects on what’s at stake — not just for journalism, but for the public’s right to know what is done in America’s name. His opinion is informed by 28 years working the Pentagon beat, and it’s worth reading.

Tom Bowman

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